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THE FOURTH ANNliAL INDUSTRIAL FAIR 

THE iNhVV-bNULANU 

anufiUturfrs' and Ptctaits' Jnstitut^ 



WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 3. 1884, 



SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 1, 1884. 



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A. 1 
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S. A. WOOD. 
GEORGE L. I 

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CANVASES FROM THE ART GALLERIES. 

(See Pages 12 and 13.1 



New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute. 



INCORPORATED APRIL 11, 1879. 



For the benefit of the public who are their patrons, 
the managers of the New-England Manufacturers' and 
Mechanics' Institute issue this publication, as a state- 
ment of the reasons why their institution- was estab- 
lished, of what it has done up to the present time, and 
what it proposes to do in the future. It is to be de- 
plored that there exists in the minds of any an im- 
pression that this Institute is inimical to any other 
organization in this city or New England. Its man- 
agers desire to correct this impression by all means in 
their power. In order that a clear understanding may 
be reached, they therefore present the circumstances 
attending its formation, etc. Previous to its organiza- 
tion, Mechanical Fairs had been held by the Massa- 
chusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association, which was 
incorporated for purely charitable purposes in 1806, 
assuming somewhat the form of an insurance company, 
and being decidedly exclusive^ — the membership being 
limited to persons doing business on their own ac- 
count, and superintendents of manufacturing com- 
panies. This society was composed, as a rule, of 
persons who had nothing to exhibit ; and its members 
were mostly worthy carpenters, builders, and masons. 
This being a mutual-benefit society, these fairs were 
only held at irregular intervals, when the society 
was in want of money, that always being the primary 
object. The first fair was held in 1837, thirty-one years 
after the formation of the society ; and between that 
'date and 1878 only thirteen of these fairs had been 
held. It has been a source of surprise to many, that, 
instead of keeping pace with the rapid development 
of New-England industry and invention, this associa- 
tion after 1841 began to hold its fairs less frequently. 



At first they occurred every two years, then once only 
in three years; while the Expositions of i860, 1865, 
1869, 1874, and 1878, as will be noticed, were held 
only about once every five years. These fairs were, 
however, always successful financially, and of great 
benefit to the country, because Boston and New Eng- 
land, being great commercial and manufacturing cen- 
tres, could easily fill the limited space with beautiful 
goods, which interested the people ; but they were 
considered by many as being far from adequate to 
meet the requirements of the growing community, 
although all praise is due the members of the society for 
their efforts, and they did all that could be expected 
of a society organized solely for charitable purposes. 
After the fair of 1878, and, in fact, for some little time 
before that event, certain gentlemen well known in this 
community, among whom may be mentioned the late 
Enoch R. Mudge, were of the opinion that the time 
had come when an annual exhibition, based upon dif- 
ferent principles from any that had ever been exem- 
plified in New England, was a necessity to the growth 
and prosperity of the community of manufacturers to 
which they belonged. A meeting of a numl^er of lead- 
ing machinery manufacturers and other prominent men 
was held in Boston ; and it was decided to organize a 
new and independent movement for annual exhibitions, 
and to raise a guaranty fund for the erection of a 
building of sufficient capacity to make a good display 
of machinery in motion, tools, and mechanical objects, 
worthy of an industrial exhibition. The Charitable 
Mechanics' Association was invited to join in this 
movement, but declined ; and it became necessary for 
these gentlemen either to abandon this scheme, or 



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proceed at once independently, which latter course 
was chosen. Although meeting with great encourage- 
ment in the plan which they had formed, it was not 
until the eighteenth day of August, 1881, that the 
doors of the present mammoth building were thrown 
open to the public, and the first annual exposition of 
the New- England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' In- 
stitute was an accomphshed fact. To the public the 
two rival fairs may have seemed, however different in 
details, much the same in their general character ; but 
the underlying principles were very different. The 
Institute was formed because the founders and pro- 
moters had a very deep-down sense of the need of 
some medium through which they might present their 
products, finished and in process of manufacture, un- 
hampered by the worn-out systems of awards and 
medals. They felt that in the open market only, the 
award of merit was found ; namely, the judgment of 
the buyer, too keen to be satisfied with a medal ob- 
tained — alas ! only too often — by the decision of 
incompetent judges, and seldom without open accusa- 
tions of undue influence. They realized that the sys- 
tem was wrong ; that the exclusiveness of the Charitable 
Mechanics' Association, and the favoritism which was 
at times only too apparent, was doing much to dis- 
courage that spirit of progress and invention which is 
the very bulwark of New England's greatness. Stren- 
uous but unsuccessful efforts were made to accomplish 
reform within the ranks of the Charitable Mechanics' 
Association, so as to broaden the scope of its useful- 
ness, in order that the manufacturers and mechanics 
of New England might obtain the recognition and 
encouragement which their business and the general 
interests of trade demanded. With full confidence in 
the sterling good sense of the business community as 
cheerful and willing exhibiters, and of the public at 
large as appreciative patrons of wori-iy expositions, 
these gentlemen founded the Institute ; and the key- 
note of its claim to popular favor is found in that 
clause of its charter which provides that " no medals, 
awards of merit, or mention of superiority, shall be 
made without adequate tests." The basis of the In- 
stitute was broad ; and the object, as its charter states, 
was the general improvement of the manufacturing and 



mechanical interests of New England. And these gen- 
tlemen, in this spirit, had conceived the idea that the 
need existed of a closer banding-together of men 
engaged in mechanical and manufacturing pursuits ; 
and only by the forming of a central body, such as the 
Institute, could these desirable combinations of ideas 
be accomplished. The charter was obtained April 11, 
1879, incorporating the New-England Manufacturers' 
and Mechanics' Institute, with a capital stock of one 
hundred thousand dollars. Subsequently the amount 
of stock was increased to two hundred thousand dol- 
lars, and, mainly to bring the stock within the reach 
of the humblest mechanic, the par value of the stock 
was fixed at twenty-five dollars. One hundred dollars, 
or four shares, constitutes a full membership, which 
entitles its holder to be admitted, as a spectator, free 
to all the expositions of the Institute, with the privi- 
lege of exhibiting goods free of charge. The mem- 
bership consists now of over twelve hundred leading 
manufacturers and mechanics, and is still growing; 
and any who may desire to become members, or to 
obtain further information; are invited to correspond 
with the secretary of the Institute, Fred W. Griffin, 
44 Court Street ; John F. AVood, treasurer, 38 Hawley 
Street ; or E. I. Garfield, superintendent, at the Insti- 
tute Building. The lot upon which the Institute Build- 
ing stands comprises a total area of over 400,000 square 
feet. The Exhibition Building, with boiler-rooms, etc., 
covers 213,000 square feet, or about five acres. The 
structure is a vast affair, resting upon a solid foundation, 
and is of the most substantial and modern construction 
throughout. Furthermore, it combines elegance 
architecture with a perfec' .daptability to the uses for 
which it was designed. Tiie exterior presents an impos- 
ing appearance ; and the well-lighted interior, as there 
is a vast number of windows, is a pleasure to the eye. 
The building is heavily timbered, the trusses of the roof, 
galleries, and supporting columns are of wrought-iron, 
and the structure is considered essentially fire-proof. 
From the entrance on Huntington Avenue, the first 
floor runs back 134 feet, upon the same level as the 
street, and under this portion of the building is a base- 
ment 134 by 384 feet. Beyond this basement, the first 
floor is brought down to a lower level, with broad steps 



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descending thereto ; and this latter area forms the main 
hall of the structure. The area of this great apart- 
ment is nearly one hundred and seventy-five thousand 
square feet; but perhaps a better idea may be ob- 
tained of its size by digesting the statement that it 
will seat over one hundred thousand people. Through 
the centre of the hall runs a nave one hundred and 
twenty-six feet wide, and eighty feet high from the 
floor to the apex of the roof, the roof sloping to the 
sides of the hall, which are twenty-six feet high. Over 
the vestibule, gained by two broad staircases, is the 
Music Hall, which contains nearly thirty thousand 
square feet, and is capable of accommodating ten 
thousand people. Of the galleries, it may be said that 
they are sixty-three feet wide, and extend from the 
Music Hall quite around the building. The total area 
obtained for exhibition purposes is about ten acres. 
The total length of the structure is nearly six hundred 
feet ; and, standing at the front of either of the end 
galleries, a view can be obtained of the entire interior 
of the building, owing to the fact that there are no 
partitions. 

The first exposition of the Institute was opened with 
great eclat by Gov. Long, in the presence of a large 
assemblage of influential citizens, and men of note and 
position from all parts of the country. The Hon. 
George B. Loring delivered an oration in admirable 
spirit, and thus was launched upon the sea of popu- 
larity the institution of which this album is at once a 
souvenir and a prospectus. It is not necessary to en- 
large upon the three Expositions of 1881, 1882, and 
1883. The multitudes of our people who have visited 
them year after year are fully aware of the fact that 
each successive exposition has been an advance upon 
its predecessor ; and such an enlargement would only 
weary the reader, and can be gathered from the press 
of New England, which, from the inception of this en- 
terprise, has always recognized the efforts of the man- 
agement to represent the progress of each year for the 
study and amusement of the people. The policy of 
the Institute has necessarily broadened with experi- 
ence, and will, it is hoped, continue to do so. It 
was formed upon a purely democratic principle, and 
is essentially an institution of the people and for the 



people. Its future is in the hands of the working- 
people, for whom it seeks advancement, and for whom 
it hopes to provide entertainment and benefit. Amply 
provided with space, there are many profitable uses 
to which its building can be put. It is not restricted 
to Expositions. Its property would lie idle for eight 
months in the year if this were so. During the past 
winter the main lower hall has been used as a Rink 
for roller-skating, under the successful management of 
Samuel J. Byrne, who will conduct the Press Depart- 
ment during the coming Exposition. Here the same 
liberal ideas of the management are evident, — the 
prices being popular, and no particular skate being^ 
ruled out, as in almost every place of a similar nature. 
Perfect order is maintained, and the management are 
proud of the patronage they have received. The 
Upper Music Hall has been used during the winter by 
tennis players, there being five double courts. There 
have been three costume carnivals in the rink, at each 
of which the attendance has exceeded eight thousand 
people. The building., being most admirably adapted 
for balls, entertainments, etc., has been utilized for six 
or more of such gatherings (since the fair of 1883), 
at which the attendance has varied from five thousand 
to thirty thousand on each occasion. It is the inten- 
tion of the managers to use the building for all legiti- 
mate purposes ; and they invite all persons having such 
entertainments in view to inspect the premises, and 
ascertain terms. 

Regarding the coming fair of 1884, the manage- 
ment have to report, that, without extraordinary an- 
nouncements having been made, they are in receipt 
of a larger number of applications than they have had 
in any previous year at the same time. They are 
doing what they can to interest the South and West 
to exhibit their products, and hope to present next 
fall a creditable display. They have agents in Mexico, 
who report an interest greater than expected. They 
desire to call the attention of the women of New 
England to the fact that the Woman's Department, 
opened last year, was a great success, and that it is a 
strong desire on their part that it assume even greater^ 
and more important features during this year and in 
the future. They would here show for the encourage- 



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ment of struggling women what their companions are 
doing to help themselves. They especially aim to 
stimulate the latent inventive faculty of the women 
of New England. The field for woman's work is 
broadening every year ; and in no way can woman 
confer a greater benefit upon herself, and raise the 
estimation in which her sex is held, than by showing 
a self-dependence, and desire for self-culture. In this 
respect the AVoman's Department of the fair of 1883 
was, as has been said, a grand success ; but no one 
who saw it will, for a moment, allow that it cannot be 
surpassed to an extent not before thought of, if the 
women of New England co-operate, and send in their 
work. In the Art Department of the Institute, which 
is in the charge of John M. Litde, vice-president, 
and Frank T. Robinson, art director, the same lib- 
eral theory of receiving every worthy work is the 
rule ; and nothing which is at all creditable will be 
refused as long as there is space. The artists as far as 
heard from express great interest in the galleries of 
1884 ; and so many promises have been received, that 
the managers feel justified in saying that the exhibit 
will equal, if it does not surpass, all former ones held 
in the Institute. For the fair of 1883 a grand cata- 
logue was issued in this department, at a cost of many 
thousands of dollars. Its object was to show the 
status of American art as it existed at the period of 
its issue. The management observe that there is in 
America a strong and growing interest' in art, and 
recognize and encourage that sentiment by most lib- 
eral expenditures. They will issue in connection with 
the fair of 1884 an elaborate art-book, which they pro- 
pose to call "The Institute Art Annual," which will be 
devoted to the art interests of the country, and will 
.show the progress of the fine arts in America during 
the past year. All those interested are invited to ad- 
dress the Art Department of the Institute, at the office 
in Hotel Pelham. 

This year special effort will be made to interest all 
classes. The critics, the lovers of the spectacular, 
the aesthetic, and the tragic, will be sure to find many 
objects in accord with their temperaments. We have 
distinctive methods by which we are enabled to pre- 



sent a magnificent collection of paintings and sculp- 
ture ; and, as our exhibitions have been considered 
extraordinary in the past, it will be our endeavor to 
keep up our high standard of excellence in the future. 

It is the purpose of the Institute management to 
make the exhibition of 1884 as grand and instructive 
as any of its predecessors, and to add many new spe- 
cial exhibits and features. 

They believe that the true policy of a great indus- 
trial fair is to educate ; to advance the condition of 
all classes ; to make its influence felt in the home, the 
shop, the studio, the mine, and the field ; to unite 
ideas with demonstrations ; to unfold thoughts by 
presenting facts. 

Their experience tells them that it is the middle 
classes who profit most by such exhibitions ; and, while 
they appeal to that portion of our great community for 
aid and support, they are cognizant of the fact that it 
results in raising the working-classes to a higher plane 
of thought and study, and stimulates them to better 
work. 

The principal features of this year's exhibition 
will consist of a grand display of the productive 
resources of our country from all sections. The arts 
and sciences will be more fully represented than ever 
before, and the inventive minds of native talent will 
show the improvements that have occurred during 
the past year. 

The facilities of the Institute have grown by exten- 
sive experience, and the utmost liberality will be ex- 
tended to those of its patrons who avail themselves 
early of an opportunity to obtain space. On another 
page will be found the full advertisement of the Insti- 
tute Fair of 1884. 

The Institute Management desire to take this op- 
portunity to thank the exhibiters and the public who 
have patronized their fairs in the past, and to beg 
that they may have continuance of that favorable 
opinion and support in the future. 

JOHN M. LITTLE, Chairman. 
JOHN F. WOOD, 
JAMES L. LITTLE, 
FREDERICK W. GRIFFIN. 
Cominittee on Conduct of Fair, 



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" THE GK O UND WORK. " 

Steam, Power, and Machinery Scene in the Fair. 



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GREAT AGRICULTURAL AND TERRITORIAL EXPOSITION. 

Fair of 1883. North Carolina, Tennessee, and "Missouri Pacific" Exhibits. 



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INGENIOUS Q. A. COTTAGE. 

Displaying Cabot's Creosote Stains, a scientific substitute for paint and a p&% 
manent preservative of wood. Fair of 1883 



PAGODA. Striking and connprehensive exhibit of Ice Tools, by a famous 
manufacturer. Fair of 1883. 




REMARKABLE GLASS PAVILION, 

In the music hail, fair of 1883. A great variety of colors and forms were harmoniously blended In this beautiful pagoda, showing the 
wonderful adaptations of this new architectural and decorative material. 



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II 




GREAT MAIN HALL AND LADIES' GALLERY. 

Fair of 1883. Music Hall at the far end. 



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THE 



iATALOGUEZoFs^tl^T iEPARTMENT 

OF 

THE NEW-ENGLAND 

MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTE 



IS PRONOUNCED 



By the '' New -York Sun' to be '' as excellent a job of printing as has been done in New 
York;" and by the ''New -York Herald" as ''the handsomest thing of its kind, as far 
as scope and general make-up go, that has been published in this country!' It is a large 
octavo, containing seventeen APPROPRIATE ETCHINGS, twelve ALBERTYPES, and over 
one hundred and fifty pages of letter-press PHOTO-ENGRA VINGS, WOOD-CUTS, initials, 
HEAD-BANDS, and TAIL-PIECES, with an illuminated cover in five colors. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



" A triumph." — New-York Sun. 

" A unique book." — Boston Herald. 

" A delight to the eye." -^ Boston Globe. 

" No library ought to be without it." — Boston Courier. 

"A desirable acquisition to American collectors." — New-York 
Mail. 

" A credit to all concerned in its composition." — Boston Ad- 
vertiser. 

" From titlepage to close it is a magnificent achievement." — 
Philadelphia Progress. 

" The best thing of its kind ever issued in this or perhaps in any 
country." — New-York Critic. 

" Finest work of the kind ever published in this country, or perhaps 
even in Europe." — Bostotz Post. 

" A production of singular beauty, the like of which is seldom met 
with." — Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland. 

" One does not need to be told that this work is the result of great 
enterprise and persistent labor." — Boston Journal. 

This elegant art publication of the Institute can be obtained 

Price $;.oo at retail. 



" The handsomest thing of its kind, as far as scope and general 
make-up go, that has ever been published in this country." — New- 
York Herald. 

" The book itself is a monument to the success which has been 
attained in the cultivation of the many arts in this country." — New- 
York Observer. 

" It is an exquisite volume, and the most successful effort ever 
made in the United States to place before the public the results of 
American art." — Calignani's Messenger, Paris, France. 

" Much has been said of the great illustrated catalogue of the 
American E.Khibition, but those who once handle this superb piece of 
book-making will admit that the half had not been told." — Boston 
Transcript. 

" It is certainly one of the finest things in its kind ever issued in 
tliis country, and so unexpectedly e.xcellent in every respect that only 
hypercriticism could have the heart to pick flaws in it." — Saturday 
Evening Gazette, Boston. 

(upon written application) at the office of 

JOHN MASON LITTLE, Hotel Pelham. 



MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. 



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(scene in one of the art galleries) 



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EXHIBIT OF THE 

UNIOiN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. 

{SEE OPPOSITE PAGE.) 



This remarkable presentation of the resources and 
characteristics of those vast and diversified regions which 
have been opened to civilization by the Union Pacific 
Railway enterprises, formed one of the most striking 
individual features of the great "Agricultural and Terri- 
torial Exposition "' in the New-England Institute Fair 
of 1883. Under any circumstances, the variety and im- 
portance of the articles shown in this exhibit, indicating, 
as they did, the unbounded natural capabilities of these 
territories, and their more than imperial future as a home 
for the human race, — the products of forest, mine, and 
field, appealing to the emigrant or the patriot ; the won- 
derful profusion of objects interesting to the observant 
traveller or tourist, — would have commanded attention. 
But it was noticeable in this instance, that the very pic- 
turesque and effective arrangement of this display had 
no inconsiderable share in evoking the interest and ad- 
miration of the thousands of visitors. In fine, as a special 
exhibit, it stood eminent among those which were, each in 
itself, worthy a visit to the Fair. " The Boston Herald " 
thus spoke of it at the time : — 

"The centre of the exhibit is an artistic arrangement 
of buffalo and elk heads, surrounded with evergreen trees ; 
while immediately around it are displa3"ed luxuriant sam- 
ples of wheat, corn, oats, barley, and other grains and 
grasses from Nebraska, Colorado, and Utah. A beautiful 
background is formed by different kinds of grains and 
grasses, and by photographic views of remarkable locali- 
ties and noteworthy objects, including a \-iew of the Ames 
Monument (erected in memory of Oakes Ames, the first 
president of the Union Pacific Railway), which stands on 
an elevation of over eight thousand feet, at Sherman, Wy- 
oming, the highest point on the main line of the railway. 
There are also different kinds of woods grown in Ne- 
braska, all of which are cultivated. There is a case of 
fifty different kinds of Nebraska birds, also cases of 
animals and birds from Nebraska and Wyoming ; a very 
fine exhibit of samples of Nebraska wools, which consist 
of Shropshire down, Leicester, Cotswold, Oxford, and 
full-blooded and hijrh and medium grade merinos. The 



range of weight per fleece is from five to eight and a half 
pounds. These wool samples are well worthy the' atten- 
tion of our manufacturers and wool men. 

" In the exhibit there is a great variety of gold, silver, 
lead, and copper ores, from Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, 
Idaho, and Montana. Among the copper-ores is a nugget 
of native copper wliich weighs seventy-five pounds. An 
attractive part of the exhibit are the displays of crystal- 
lized wood, where the wood structure of the ancient trees 
is replaced by crystallizations of silica and calcite. These 
ancient trees were evidently hollow, and this inner portion 
is usually covered with beautiful crystals, some being 
yellow and others amethystine in color. These were ob- 
tained in Wyoming, on the Oregon Short Line, a branch 
of the Union Pacific Railway. 

" There are also to be seen specimens of soda deposits, 
from " Soda Springs,'" Idaho. Numerous specimens are 
shown of fossil fish, obtained from •• Fossil Mountain." 
in Wyoming, over seven thousand feet above sea-level. 
There are also in this collection some very beautiful crys- 
tals taken from a cave in Idaho : also a large collection 
from Yellowstone National Park. One of the most strik- 
ing tilings in the exhibit is the horns of a mountain sheep, 
which are partly imbedded in a section of a pine-tree, 
which was cut off six feet from the ground, and which 
had so grown»over the horns as to imbed a portion of 
them." 

The object of the authorities of the Union Pacific Rail- 
way in making this fine display through the means of the 
New-England Manufacturers' and JNIechanics' Institute, 
was to bring before the people of New England, in an 
original and impressive manner, the immense agricultural 
and other advantages their lands present to the settler or 
the capitalist, and, incidentally, its remarkable attractions 
to the tourist. For the seeker for more detailed informa- 
tion, every facility is provided. Mr. M. T. Dennis, the 
New-England agent of the company, 290 Washington 
Street, Boston, is prepared to answer all applications 
personally or by letter. Mr. L. Buknham, Omaha, Neb., 
is the general land commissioner of the companv. 




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EXHIBIT OF THE WAKEFIELD RATTAN COMPANY. 

Disp'ay of beautiful and remarkable goods. Fair of 1883. 



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LADIES' GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION. 

Fair of 1883. Selected group. Over one thousand useful Inventions of women were shov^. 



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GENERAL REMARKS. 



Explanatory. — This little book, whicti may be pronounced in 
^ome respects unique, is not simply a new mode of advertising a 
familiar tiling ; whatever there is novel or original about the Souvenir 
Album arises naturally out of the purpose it is intended to serve. 
The Institution with which it hopes to make the public better ac- 
quainted is, in its principles and objects, altogether unlike any other 
in the country. The expositions, some of whose attractions its en- 
gravings inadequately shadow, differ very widely in their general plan, 
in their prominent special features, — in the halls which are their 
home, — from the ordinary "fairs." Tliese differences, which are 
already appreciated by many observant and thoughtful people every- 
where, are plainly indicated in these pages for the benefit ot the gen- 
eral reader ; and they go far to vindicate the mission of the publication. 
Tersely, the Souvenir ,^lbum is intended to thoroughly inform the 
reader as to the principal objects of the New-England Manufacturers' 
and Mechanics' Institute, and, by presenting in the most available 
form a few representative features of its past expositions, to show the 
public what it may confidently expect in the future. 

A VERY pronounced specialty is made, in all the New-England 
Institute fairs, of the fine-art features, and with great success. An 
accomplished art critic and connoisseur is permanently retained by the 
management in securing and selecting contributions for impending 
exhibitions, and the two art-galleries are arranged and catalogued 
under his supervision. Popular as well as classic or critical tastes are 
consulted in preparing these exhibitions, that all may be interested. 
The art display of last year was acknowledged by critics and by thou- 
sands of delighted visitors one of the very best ever made in America, 
and that of 1X84 is intended to surpass it if possible. (See page 12.) 

The architectural and decorative taste and inventive genius of Mr. 
Charles W. Spurr have been exercised, as is his wont, in behalf 
of the fairs of the New-England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Insti- 
tute. The beautiful and picturesque pavilion, by means of which he 
shows the effects and capabilities of his papered veneers and mar- 
quetries, occupied, as it deserved, a conspicuous position ; and there 
were also variojis contributions from his works, the designs or handi- 
craft of women, in the Ladies' Gallery. 

One of the most unique and striking exhibits in the Fair of 1883 
was that of Charles H. North & Co., the celebrated pork-packers and 
provision dealers of Boston. It was arranged in a truly original and 
tasteful manner. The firm is one of the very largest in the country, 
and are noted for the excellent quality and great variety of their 
goods : hence their facilities for a display were excellent. The tiers 
of hams and shoulders, the ranks of flitches of bacon, spare-ribs, and 
chines, flanked by parks of leaf-lard, and decorated with festoons of 
sausages, made a verj- goodly and imposing array. 

Among !he curious yet useful specialties which visitors would 
chance upon should be mentioned the animal-slinging railway, 
exhibited by Mr. Richard J. Davies of 20 Creek Square, Boston. Mr. 
Davies has established a wide reputation for these labor-saving and 
convenient devices, which are needed in every "market." His inven- 
tions are remarkable for ingenuity, effectiveness, and neatness. His 
tramway appears in the " Territorial View." 

The pagoda of Cushman Brothers and Co., manufacturers of the 
Knapp Shade-Rollers, was a very pleasing object in the Fair of 1S83, 
and displayed their excellent curtain-fixtures to good advantage. It 
will be readily recognized in the main-hall view. 



Boston's Big Buildings. — The following comparative statement 
will give a good idea of the magnitude of the Exhibition Building of 
the New-England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute. 



Building. 



Old State House . . 
Faneuil Hall .... 
Tremont Temple Hall 
Mu.sic Hall .... 
Public Library Building 
City Hall 



Ground 
area. 
Sq. ft. 



4,5" 
8,400 
8,820 
12,600 
23.4I5 
^ . 25,915 

Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association, whole buildins^ 
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association, Grand Hall . . 
New- England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, whole build'g, 
New-England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute, Grand Hall . 



Building 



Quincy Market 

Fitchburg Depot . . . . 
Boston & Providence Depot, 
Boston & Lowell Depot . . 
Old Colony Depot . . . 
Boston & Albany Depot 



Ground 
area. 
Sq. ft. 



27,400 
49.987 
55.742 
59.760 
64,780 
76,682 
90,000 
29,350 
207,354 
1 50,696 



The electric-light displays have been of magnificent effect in 
the fairs, not only because of their brilliant illumination of the vast 
corridors and halls, but from their impressive exhibits of the appara- 
tus which produces it. That of the New-England Weston Com- 
pany deserves especial mention on account of the very successful 
lighting of the two picture-galleries by means of their Weston- 
Maxim incandescent system, for domestic or interior use. These 
lights were put to a very severe test in this case, with gratifying re- 
sults. Their arc-lights were also very successful in the larger areas 
for which they are intended. 

The ,S. .\. Woods Machine CoMPA^'^■'s exhibit of wood-working 
machinery in motion was one of the chief attractions at the lower end 
of the building in the Fair of 18S3. .-\ new fast-feed flooring machine 
rotaiy bed and roll-teed surfaces, panel and buzz planers, iron and 
wood frame saw-tables, saw-table b.uul-saw boring machine, etc., were 
shown, all of the company's own manufacture, 'i'his company has 
enjoyed for years a world-wide reputation : and their lighter machines, 
now being introduced, will be fully up to their standard. New cata- 
logues can be secured by addressing the company at Boston, New 
Vork, or Chicago. 

One of the most conspicuous and interesting objects in the main 
hall last year was the " Stover Windmill " (exhibited by Henry W. 
Peabody tt Co.. the Boston agents), which has a very enviable reputa- 
tion throughout the country, having "weathered the storms of nature 
and of competition" tor many years. Its utility and availability in 
aftording power tor water-supply, grinding, or otlier purposes, by the 
cheapest and commonest means in the world, were perceivable even 
as it stood in the corridor; while its remarkable simplicity, and the 
ingenious devices by which gales, frost, and friction are successfully 
withstood and overcome, called forth much admiration. 

The case of tlie Nonotuck Silk Company is introduced in one of 
our Ladies'-Gallery views, for the reason that, in the whole process 
of silk manutacture and culture, a principal share of the work, which 
requires the greatest skill and jutlgnient, is performed by women. 
The company also exhibited many beautiful articles manufactured 
from their knitting and embroidery threads, — the design and handi- 
work of the ■■ subtler sex." 



MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. 



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LIGHTING THE FAIR. — THE THOMPSON-HOUSTON SYSTEM. 



By the apparatus shown above, the American Electric and Illumi- 
nating Company of Boston accomplished the admirable illumination 
of the great main hall in 1883, and supplied the immense light on the 
tower outside. 

The distinctive features of this system, which is being successfully 
introduced by the above company throughout the country, consist in 
the Thompson-Houston Machine and the Armington & Sims Engine, 
a combination which secures for its complete electric-lighting plants 
great advantages in steam-power, enabling its central lighting stations 



to be operated much more profitably than by other systems. These 
generally require, for instance, one-horse power per standard lamp of 
two thousand candles, while the Thompson-Houston requires but 
seven-tenths horse power, and the Automatic Regulator, which is its 
distinguishing feature, closely limits the expenditure of power to the 
lights actually in use, — two considerations which make all the dif- 
ference between profit and loss in operation, and which account for the 
remarkable financial success of the sub-companies of the American 
Electric and Illuminating Company of Boston. 



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lllLi llllillllLlillimiillilHtiHIIILIIjlillll' 



L£fV/S £HG. CO BO s r«7/y; 



FANCY AND STANDARD COTTON FABRICS. 

Striking Exhibit of Denny, Poor, & Co., Textile Fabric Gallery. Fair of 1883. 




ARTISTIC AND DECORATIVE GROUP, 

Designed or executed by women. (I, 7) Carvings; Julia P. Dabney. (2) "Tune-Flowers" (Spurr's Marquetries). (3, 3, 6) Vases in " Clayoid " and 
Fire Screen; Annie L. Gorham. (4, 4) Flower Pieces; Mrs. E. B. Farr. (5) " Paine's Mantel Bed." (7) Banner; Mrs. M, I. Herran.- 



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DISPLAY 

OF 

JH. ^r. \SZ00d ^ €>0r), 




HOUSEHOLD ART AND JEWELRY SECTION. 




" THE BACKGROUND." 

Hydraulic Display, Machinery Corridor, and Textile Gallery. Rear end of Building. 



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C fOFE flFi 




" THE SKA TING CARNIVAL." 

^The great main hall, galleries, and corridors were converted into a mammoth skating-rink, having ten thousand square yards of polished asphalt and maple 
surface, and seats for ten thousand spectators, in fifteen days from close of Fair in 1883. Largest rink in the world.) 



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PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, SUPPLEMENTARY ART SECTION. 



MANUFACTURERS'' AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. 



27 



IOSTON*lELTING#®OMPA.NY, 






222 TO 226 Devonshire Street, Boston, 

THE OLDEST COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES MANUFACTURING 

RUBBER GOODS FOR MECHANICAL PURPOSES 



ESTABLISHED 1828. INCORPORATED 1845. 



Gold and Silver Medals (highest 
prizes) avirarded by the Massachu- 
setts Mechanics' Association forsu- 
penor goods at their exhibiUoas. 




Also Diplomas and Medals of su- 
periority awarded by the Azaeri- 
^ can Institute, New York; Indus- 
trial Exposition, Cincinnati, O.; 
Pennsylvania State Agricultural 
Society; Massachusetts Charitable 
Mechanics' Association. 



ORIGINAL MANUFACTURERS OP 



Rubber-Belting, Packing, Engine and Hand Hose, 

nm RUBBER GOODS OF EVERY VARIETY. 
RUBBER-LINED HOSE A SPECIALTY; ALSO RUBBER COVERED ROLLS. 



PRESIDENT. 

E. S. CONVERSE. 



GENERAL MANAGER. 

JAMES B. FORSYTH. 



TREASURER. 

I. P. T. EDMANDS. 



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EXHIBIT l.V FURNITURE AND DECORATION GALLERY. 



MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. 



29, 



S. S. PIERCE & CO., 



IMPORTERS OF 



Staple and Fancy Groceries, Teas, Wines, and Liquors. 



^d^ 




ESTABLISHED 

OCTOBER, 

1831. 




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Re-opened on the old corner 



MARCH 3, 



1884. 






SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE IMPORTATION OF HAVANA CIGARS. 

Corner of Tremont and Court Streets, Boston. 



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' ' 'QELIO/iTED 




PRICE-LISTS SENT FREE. 




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AT 

LEVy^NDob 
7lew\pi-s'PL 





THE 



LEWIS ENGRAVING COMPANY, 

11 CORNHILL, BOSTON, MASS., 

Make engravings of machinery, buildings, portraits, etc., etc., for all kinds 
of illustration, at low prices, for strictly first-class work. 

The possession of one of the best-appointed establishments in the country 
enables us to work successfully and rapidly at all times. 



ROBERT LEWIS. 



Ilhistraied circular sent on application. 

GEORGE S. LEWIS. 



HOTEL PELHAM, PELHAM STUDIOS. 



EVANS HOUSE 

Contains Stores, Offices, Studios, and Rooms Connecting and Single, every 
modern convenience, 

TO BE LET FOR LIGHT BUSINESS PURPOSES. 

ALSO APARTMENTS. 



JOHN M. LITTLE, 

OiTice, Hotel Pelham, corner Tremonf and Boylston Streets. 



MANUFACTURERS' AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. 



Dame, Stoddard, & Kendall, 



(Successors to BRADFORD & ANTHONY) 



IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN 



Fine Pocket and Table Cutlery, 

OPERA-GLASSES, PURSES, 

AND A GREAT VARIETY OF 

-43I^A1VCY GOODS. £>- 

Fishing Tackle of every Description, 

ICE AND EOLLER SKATES, FANCY HARDWARE, 

No. 374 WASHINGTON STREET, 

(Opposite Bromfiehi Street) 

BOSTON. 



f^HE discoverer of the Soda Treatment for /mrns and scalds has 
'p: invented an instrument for treating the skin which gives better 
results, 171 n fezv motuenis. than liave ever Ijeen obtained by tlie 
hand alone in an hour, and, at the same time, cleansing the skin more 
thoroughly than a Turkisli bath. By it he has been relieved of a sur 
gical paralysis of the skin of the lower third of both legs, that had 
lasted over eight years, and was supposed to be incurable ; also of a 
neuralgic affection of both arms, complicated with rheumatism, which 
prevented him from following his profession, dentistry, for some time. 
Its results are obtained automatically in a few moments ; an imitation 
of the effect of the hand-movement in massage when skilfully done. 
The instrument in material, form, construction, and method of use, is 
unique. It is now in use by many well-known persons, who are thor- 
oughly pleased with its effect. Mr. William H. Baldwin, President 
Boston Young Men's Christian Union, says to his friends, " I would 
not take any money for it if 1 could not get another." J. H. W., M.D., 
after nsing it for four months, said, " 1 have not been so free from 
rheumatism for years as since using it." The doctor now has si.x in use 
by himself and patients. J. B. Morrison, publisher of " Industrial Art 
Journal," Boston, Mass., after two months' use, said, " It saves me fifty 
dollars a year in Turkish-bath tickets, and more than fifty hours' time, 
and gives me a constant sense of cleanliness." The wife of K. W. 
Waters of the " Boston Daily Advertiser," troubled with insomnia, 
after using it a short time said, " It makes me sleep all night, like 
a kitten." Miss E. Jones, a Boston teacher, ordered home from the 
Colorado hot springs as incurable, and about to die, after two months' 
use wrote, "/ am sure it is doing me good: my skin is in splendid 
condition, I feel well, and atn increasing my avoirdupois." 



GOODNOW & WIGHTMAN, 

No. 176 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 

AGENTS FOR 

o SHARPC . 




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ALSO DEALERS IN 

-^TOOLS^ 

A»(D MANrKACXrRERS' S1II»JPI„IES. 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 



WOODBERRY ROOFING DUCK. 

For covering roofs of mills, houses, railroad buildings, or any roof required 
to be perfectly water-tight. Cheaper, lighter, and more durable than tin, 
shingles, or gravel. 

For flat roofs or for railroad cars It cannot be surpassed Will last fort)' or 
fifty years if painted once in five or six years (a cheap paint being as good 
as pure lead to use), and does not require a skilled mechanic to put on. Has 
been in use on ships' cabins and steamboat decks for half a century or more, 
and is the only roof-covering that can be made and kept water-light A moflel 
of a roof covered with this duck can be seen at our store. 

WHITON BROTHERS & CO., 

91 AND 93 Commercial Street, Boston. 



Fall River Line 
FOR NEW YORK. SOUTH AND WEST. 

.6®= This is the onlv dailv "Sound Line." 
Special Steamer Express leaves Boston from Old Colony Railroad Station 
week-days at 6 a.m , Sundays at 7 P.M., connecting at Fall River, in eighty- 
five rniniites, with the superb steamers " Pilgrim " and '* Providence." 
Tickets and staterooms for sale at office of the line, 3 Old State House, and 
at Old Colony Station. 

L. H. PALMER, J R. KENDRICK, 

Agent, 3 Old State House, Boston Gen. M.tnager, Boston. 

Freight. — This line has .i fleet of steamers engaged e.schisively in the freight 
service, thus insuring prompt and reliable movement. Rates always as low as 
other lines. 



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GRAND UNION HOTEL, 

(opposite grand central depot) 
I^KIJV YORK CIXY. 



Travellers, tourists, and families arriving at or leaving Grand Central Depot 
save three dollars carriage-hire by stopping at this hotel, and have their bag- 
gage transferred to and from said depot to this hotel in fifteen minutes, free of 
charge. Six hundred and thirteen rooms, fitted up at a cost of one million 
dollars. One dollar and upward per day. Elegant suites for families. Euro- 
pean plan. Dining-room, restaurant, cafe, lunch and wine rooms, supplied 
with the best at moderate prices. Families can live better for less money at 
the Grand Union than at any other first-class hotel in the city. 



PERRY & CO., London. 




Samples 

AND 

Price List 
on application 



Sole Agents for the United States, 

IVISON, BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR & CO., 

753 and 'J'SS Broadway, N. Y. 





THE NEATEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST 

SELF-OILING AND SELF-ADJUSTING 



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EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. 




In this cut the Hanger is shown in condition to fasten to floor or upper side of beam. By inverting the box it is ready to 
apply to the ceiling or under side of beam. Patterns for all sizes and for any drop required. We also make, in the same style, 
and of all sizes, 

Hangers to set on Post, Floor, or on upper side of Beams. 

PRICE-LISTS FURNISHED ON APPLICATION. 

THE AMERICAN TOOL AND MACHINE COMPANY. 



Benjamin F. Radford, Superintendent. 



84 Kingston Street, Boston, Mass. 



tli^:^gt.iMlKFggM:.g/.iyA;jr' k^m 



KENNEDY'S BISCUIT WORKS, 




CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS., U. S.A. 



OUS THROUGHOUT THE LAND, FOR MANY YEARS, FOR T 
QUALITY, AND QUANTITY OF THEIR PRODtJCT 






and of 



THE i^m^ole Jbr ^a^ or on Listalmmt^. 

Benjamin F. Radford, ^^^ Jor^Rcut* (TUu^bfatcd/ ^aXalcgUO 




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